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Letter from the Community to Trion. A draft proposal.

Hello ArcheAge fans and stalkers,

TL;DR - I propose we as a community come together and position our thoughts to Trion within a letter. Tell Trion why we cannot "tell our friends: the storm is coming." Without further actions from Trion, there's nothing new to talk about. Please comment below with any concerns, grievances, suggestions, or other useful topics you'd like to include in the letter.

As you've probably read by now, Trion has sent a "Letter from the team, Into the Maelstrom" where the team laid out various promises and reassurances regarding the future of ArcheAge. Listening to the community further and discussing changes with XLGames were among the main points presented. The patch after 4.0 will include the anticipated Battle Balance Patch which includes massive skill rebalancing. As well as further in-depth details from the ArcheAge developers in Korea such as Developer diaries and announcements. "Also includes North American and European involvement in upcoming tests."

Three months later, we've seen a moderately smooth 4.0 update combined with a massive DDOS attack. So far within Trion livestreams, we've seen little hints about improving Korean developer communication. Still haven't seen these developer diaries being discussed and no mention yet about the NA/EU involvement with KR devs.

I believe now is the time to organize a combined letter from the community to Trion in an effort to express our suggestions and grievances moving forward. Trion needs to hear from fans of ArcheAge how they could improve directly. So far, the current structure of ArcheAge and Trion's payment model is not healthy.

ArcheAge is the best sailing and gliding game of any video game. Sure, the grind for regrading gear is ridiculous and resembles a slot machine more than anything. But now is not the time to argue about lazy development. We are currently stuck on a fork in the road where we either idly stand by and watch Trion continue down the same path or we start typing and wait for Trions response.

We have seen a lot of changes especially since 3.0 that the community have voiced their anger/displeasure at. Some have been necessary to balance economy, others have been a complete disaster. However the overriding question Trion/xlgames need to ask themselves whenever changes are made: "Will it increase the FUN factor for the players?" for the simple reason that fun=more players = greater profit= longer game sustainability.